Today I’m grateful for so many things, including:
•Another beautiful day above ground and another chance to love and care for Barkley.
•The sound Barkley makes when he drinks from his water bowl in the morning (dat boi thiiiirsty).
•Breakfast with the 9:30 gang yesterday.
•Men who hold me accountable and don’t let me isolate.
•Opportunities to get more skilled at handling rejection.
•Mini road trip to go shooting today with Casey and Preston.
•I don’t fear thoughts or cravings anymore. I can separate my thoughts from reality and watch them as I would a destructive toddler.
•My graduate TA is a gangster and helped me out a lot yesterday. 
•I am disciplined, dependable, and confident. All as a result of being a sober man.
•Real peace isn’t the result of having no problems, but of having problems and overcoming them.
God, thank you for my life.
-Mike
